William's occupation was !Notes for William Skinner (Abt 1542-Bef 26 Sep 1616) From Gendex accessed web page (with sources): http://library.monterey.edu/merrill/family/tylcoat/PERSONS.html His ID number in that database is I2282. .
- Occupation Notes
- William SKINNER
BIRTH: Abt 1542, "Of Braintree" DEATH: Bef 26 Sep 1616, Braintree? OCCUPATION: Yeoman, Of Braintree OCCUPATION: See Notes. FATHER: John SKINNER MOTHER: Magery TROTTER CHILDREN: Anne, William, Richard, John, Margery, Rachel
Notes: From "Hale, House and Related families, Mainly of the Connecticut river valley" by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Connecticut, 1952. "To the Research of Henry F. Waters we are indebted for a number of additional details [ additional to SVT's book - DJT].,:-
"John Talcott, a pewterer, of Braintree, Essex, died in 1604 (will dated 30 Sept 1604, proved 24 Jan 1604/5; married Anne Skinner, who died at Felsted, Essex, 1637 (will Jan 1636/7, proved 25 May 1637), daughter of William and Margery Skinner. She married second, by Jan 1604/5, Moses Wall, a clothier, of Braintree, who died about the end of 1623 (will dated 16 Sept 1623, codicil 16 Oct 1623, proved 23 Jan 16230. [Refs., Ibid., 1125: F.F. Starr, Goodwin and Morgan Ancestral lines (1915), 1:240-1.; H.F. Waters Genealogical Gleanings in England (1901), 1130.]"
"William Skinner, yeoman, of Braintree, Essex, England, died between 14 Aug 1616 (date of will) and 26 Sept 1616 (date of probate); married Margery ______, who died between 2 Mar 1617/8 (Date of will) and 16 Dec 1620 (date of probate). H.F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England (1901), 1205-6.]."
DWT has William b. Abt 1542 in Braintree & d. 26 Sept 1616 in Braintree.
SKINNER.
E.R.O. Assize file 35/104/5/7 (Essex), Assizes held at Brentwood, 8 March 1663/4 :- The same, [John Chapman] the same day, there stole eight hens each worth 6d., belonging to Wm. Skynner. Confessed, asked for a book. Witnesses: Wm. Skynner and others [as above].
R.Bingham:- Name: William Skinner - 62 Birth Date: About 1542 Birth Place: Braintree, Essex, England Deth Date: Before 26 Sep 1616 Death Place: Braintree, Essex, England Burial Date: 26 Sep 1616 Burial Place: Braintree, Essex, England Father: John Skinner - 58 (-1586) Spouse: Margery Trotter - 63 Children: Anne - 49, William - 64, Richard - 65, John - 66, Margery - 68, Rachel - 67 Notes: From Lewis2.